The Pirate Bay has been facing immense pressure in Austria since last month as local music rights group LSG called for the blocking of the site among Austrian network operators. After the commercial court of Vienna decreed that Austrian A1 Telekom block subscriber access to the site, other providers in the country were expected to follow suit. But one of the local networks, T-Mobile, simply refused to comply with the request. 

"We will not comply with this request and access to The Pirate Bay will not be blocked," said Helmut Spudich, T-Mobile Austria's spokesperson, as reported by Futurezone.

Because the court order is only for A1 Telekom, LSG cannot force T-Mobile to do the same. This stalemate is reflective of the efforts in enforcing intellectual rights in Europe and in other countries as well. 

The Pirate Bay is a notorious torrent download site with its operations considered illegal in almost every country in the world. But it has evaded legal action by moving its location on the Web as frequently as they need to. So far, they have been very successful at this.

Torrent file sharing sites like The Pirate Bay are thriving, contrary to popular belief. Digital Music News presented data that shows file sharing in North America is on the rise. In 2008, 555 Petabytes (1 Petabyte = 1 million Gigabytes) worth of files were shared. In 2015 however, it is estimated that file sharing will reach a total of 858 petabytes, an increase of more than 40 percent. This tells a very clear story of where the world is when it comes to going after copyright infringement violations. 

It could be remembered that The Pirate Bay was raided in Sweden in 2014 resulting to a long 7-week hiatus for the torrent site. However, the demand for illegal file downloads prompted The Pirate Bay to go on with its operations.